October 1981 Iranian presidential election

October 1981 Iranian presidential election
Registered	22,687,017
Turnout	74.26% ( 10.02pp)
President before election; Mohammad-Ali Rajai; IATI	Elected President ; Ali Khamenei; IRP

Presidential elections were held in Iran on 2 October 1981 following the assassination of president Mohammad-Ali Rajai. Ali Khamenei was elected with 95% of the vote.

Campaign

Ali Akbar Parvaresh, Hassan Ghafourifard and Reza Zavare'i all publicly endorsed Khamenei for president, stating on television that they would vote for him.^[2]

Results

October 1981 Iranian presidential election
Party		Candidate	Nohen et al^[3]		ISSDP^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Islamic Republican Party	Ali Khamenei	16,007,072	95.01	16,008,579	95.05
	Islamic Coalition Party	Ali Akbar Parvaresh	341,841	2.03	341,874	2.02
	Islamic Republican Party	Hassan Ghafourifard	75,658	0.45	80,545	0.48
	Islamic Republican Party	Reza Zavare'i	62,156	0.37	59,058	0.35
Blank or invalid votes			360,269	2.14	357,661	2.12
Totals			16,846,996	100	16,847,717	100

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Second 1981 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015
^ Candidates Voted For Khamenei (in Persian), 17 April 2017, retrieved 5 June 2017 – via Iranian History
^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.

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[IDP-1] "Second 1981 Presidential Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, retrieved 10 August 2015

[2] Candidates Voted For Khamenei (in Persian), 17 April 2017, retrieved 5 June 2017 – via Iranian History

[3] Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.

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